Four operators interested in Kentucky Kingdom property

At least four amusement-park companies have made inquiries to the Kentucky State Fair Board about taking over operation of Kentucky Kingdom, which the Six Flags company has said it will no longer operate. The lease has not yet been terminated, and there are questions about whether or not the board owns any of the rides.

Jeffrey Seifert

Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:48 PM

I think the State Fair Board is going about this all wrong. They'll never get anywhere trying to lay claim to those rides. If they want the park to reopen with another operator, they should make a reasonable offer to Six Flags to purchase the rides on the property.

Jeff

LostKause

Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:26 PM

Ooohhh, SNAP, Jeff!

Did they help to purchase any of the new attractions that KK installed over the years? The article is down for maintenance right now (just like a lot of SF rides are, on a busy day lol), but I read somewhere else that the fair board didn't pay property taxes on the rides; they left it up to SF.

Alexatucla

Friday, February 12, 2010 4:48 PM

The park will not re-open, end of story. Six flags paid property tax all these years on the rides inside the park. How the State Fair would claim that they own the rides is something I certainly would love to to see them argue inside a courtroom

WOF Guy

Dutchman

Friday, February 12, 2010 7:15 PM

I'm also interested in seeing what the Fair Board considers an"amusement park company". There aren't that many of them out there, and I really don't see any of them looking at this operation under the terms the Fair Board wants to impose, unless they've been talking to the Murphy Brothers.

Chitown

Friday, February 12, 2010 7:50 PM

Alexatucla said:The park will not re-open, end of story.

Don't you think you are putting the cart before the horse? Even if SF moves a bunch of rides, the fairboard could easily wait until 2011 to have a new operator lease the land, and possibly purchase a bunch of rides to fill those spots.

If alot of interest is out there to keep this park and seems like that is the case, this place will see the light of day again.